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33 U.S.C. § 1206 — Exemptions; terms and conditions
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The Secretary may, if he considers that marine navigational safety will not be adversely affected or where a local communication system fully complies with the intent of this concept but does not conform in detail, issue exemptions from any provisions of this chapter, on such terms and conditions as he considers appropriate.
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The Secretary may, if he considers that marine navigational safety will not be adversely affected or where a local communication system fully complies with the intent of this concept but does not conform in detail, issue exemptions from any provisions of this chapter, on such terms and conditions as he considers appropriate.
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It is the purpose of this chapter to provide a positive means whereby the operators of approaching vessels can communicate their intentions to one another through voice radio, located convenient to the operator’s navigation station. To effectively accomplish this, there is need for a specific frequency or frequencies dedicated to the exchange of navigational information, on navigable waters of the United States.
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**(a) Vessel coverage; exchange of navigational information** Except as provided in [section 1206 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1206&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(1) every power-driven vessel of twenty meters or over in length while navigating;
(2) every vessel of one hundred gross tons as measured under [section 14502 of title 46](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section14502&num=0&edition=prelim), or an alternate tonnage measured under section 14302 of that title as prescribed by the Secretary under section 14104 of that title, and upward carrying one or more passengers for hire while navigating;
(3) every towing vessel of twenty-six feet or over in length while navigating; and
(4) every dredge and floating plant engaged in or near a channel or fairway in operations likely to restrict or affect navigation of other vessels—
shall have a radiotelephone capable of operation from its navigational bridge or, in the case of a dredge, from its main control station and capable of transmitting and receiving on the frequency or frequencies within the 156–162 Mega-Hertz band using the classes of emissions designated by the Federal Communications Commission, after consultation with other cognizant agencies, for the exchange of navigational information.
**(b) Vessels upon navigable waters of United States inside high seas lines** The radiotelephone required by subsection (a) shall be carried on board the described vessels, dredges, and floating plants upon the navigable waters of the United States, which includes all waters of the territorial sea of the United States as described in Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988.
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§§ 1221 to 1223
chapter, nor shall it obligate the master of any
vessel to moor or anchor his vessel; however, the
loss of radiotelephone capability shall be given
consideration in the navigation of the vessel.
(Pub. L. 92–63, § 6, Aug. 4, 1971, 85 Stat. 165.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective May 1, 1971, or six months after the
promulgation of regulations which would implement
its provisions, whichever is later, see section 10 of Pub.
L. 92–63, set out as a note under section 1201 of this
title.
§ 1206. Exemptions; terms and conditions
The Secretary may, if he considers that ma-
rine navigational safety will not be adversely af-
fected or where a local communication system
fully complies with the intent of this concept
but does not conform in detail, issue exemptions
from any provisions of this chapter, on such
terms and conditions as he considers appro-
priate.
(Pub. L. 92–63, § 7, Aug. 4, 1971, 85 Stat. 165.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective May 1, 1971, or six months after the
promulgation of regulations which would implement
its provisions, whichever is later, see section 10 of Pub.
L. 92–63, set out as a note under section 1201 of this
title.
§ 1207. Regulations
(a) Operating and technical conditions and char-
acteristics; frequencies, emission, and power
of radiotelephone equipment
The
Federal
Communications
Commission
shall, after consultation with other cognizant
agencies, prescribe regulations necessary to
specify operating and technical conditions and
characteristics including frequencies, emission,
and power of radiotelephone equipment required
under this chapter.
(b) Enforcement
The Secreta
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